US2545693A - Oil indicator label holder - Google Patents

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March 20 1951 J. R. GRossMAN ET Ax. 2,545,693

OIL INDICATOR LABEL HOLDER Filed NOV. 5, 1947 Patented Mar. 20, 1951 OIL INDICATOR LABEL HOLDER J ohn R. Grossman, Portland, and William Loren Milliken, Oregon City, Oreg.

Application November 3, 1947, serial No. 783,840

Y 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates generally to internalY combustion engines and particularly to an oil indicator.

The main object of this invention is to provide' a convenient, inexpensive and positive target for indicating on an oil stick the specic oil being used in the motor in order that the attendant will prevent errors in the servicing of the crank case.

rIhe second object is to construct an oil indicator which will prevent errors in the servicing of a motor and which will insure that the same kind and viscosity of oil are usedat all times.

The third object is to so construct the device that changes in oil to be used may be indicated by a simple substitution of the display portion of the indicator.

The fourth object is to produce an indicator of the class described which can be produced at a very low cost and which may be applied to any type of oil stick without interfering with the use thereof.

These and other objects will become more adamant from the specification following as is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of an oil stick showing the device attached thereto. f

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken along the line 4--4 in Fig. 2, showing the device used on a flat stick.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing the device used on a round stick.

Obviously any other information or advertising may be added without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The back I6 is circular in form and has notches 2| formed in the edges adapted to receive the lugs I1 when the parts I5 and I6 are brought into register.

The back I6 is provided with an outwardly curved channel 22 adapted to receive the stick between same and the front I5.

The channel 22 has a central rib 23 extending along the middle thereof adapted to receive the round tube of stick 24 as shown in Fig. 5.

The application of the device merely requires the selection of a front I5 having the desired information and placing it against the stick IIJ and then placing a back I6 against it and bending the lugs I'I over against the back I6 where it remains in position until removed by again bending the lugs l'l to the position shown in Fig. 6.

It can be seen from the foregoing that the attendant is constantly kept informed as to the kind of oil that is to be putinto the motor.

Obviously other means may be employed for 25 fastening the indicator on the stick and the in- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the front mem- Y ber taken from the rear side before the lugs are ibent inwardly.

Fig. 7 is a plan of the back member.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of Fig. 7.

Like numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing thereA is shown an oil stick I0 of the flat type, on one end of which is formed a handle I I. The metal washer I 2 and felt sealing washer I3 are also indicated. The washer I3 rests on the well I4.

Referring in detail to the invention, same will be seen to consist of two parts, a front I5 and back I6. f .f

The front I5 is circular in form and has a pair of projecting lugs Il and material is preferably a very ductile metal.

On the front face of the member I5 is an indication I8 of the particular name of the oil.

There is also shown the standard I9 as well as the number 20 indicating the viscosity of the oil y according to that standard,

dicator itself may vary in shape without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What we, regard as new and desire to protect is an attachment for oil sticks, whereby the kind` and viscosity of the oil being used in a motor are forcibly brought to the notice of the attendant.

We claim:

An oil indicator for use on dip sticks of internal combustion engines comprising a pair of metallic disks of equal diameter, one of said disks having a flat channel formed across the diameter thereof adapted to slidably receive a flat dip stick equalling in thickness approximately the depth of the channel, said channel having ya rounded groove formed along the length of the bottom thereof, whose curvature and depth from the outer face of the channelled disk approximates the diameter of a round dip stick, making said round stick slidable therein, the channelled disk having notches formed in opposite edges thereof in a line normal to said channel, the other disk being fiat and having lugs projecting from its rim registering with said notches adapted'to be bent around the back of said channelled disk and whold the two disks together in concentric relationship, the outside of said at disk having a marking surface thereon for the entry of mileage travelled and the viscosity of oil used.

JOHN R. GROSSMAN. WILLIAM LOREN MILLIKEN.

(References on following page) REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Name Date Hearing June 11, 1940 Love, J1'. Aug. 11, 1942 Vernon June 6, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Switzerland 1 May 23, 1903 Germany July 29, 1936

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